Publications

On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but... View Details

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

in. He had come to New York for an early afternoon meeting with Wall Street analysts. That [CEO Carl] Williams had chosen him for the meeting was a sign of just how well things had been going lately for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
Case

Pattern Brands

By: Sunil Gupta, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley

In March 2020, direct-to-consumer (DTC) company Pattern Brands needed to decide how to allocate resources across its different brands. Pattern Co-Founders Nick Ling and Emmett Shine hoped to avoid the pitfalls faced by some DTC companies—such as inability to scale and... View Details

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MBA Experience - Global

MBA Experience 39% of our Class of 2025 MBA students are international, representing 66 countries. MBA 2025 Bogota, Colombia & Houston, TX Laura Mediorreal MBA 2025 Union City, CA Brandon Tieu MBA 2025 Cooper View Details

28 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman & Michael Luca; Construction; Real Estate

04 May 2017
HBS Seminar

Nicholas G. Hall, The Ohio State University

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

deepened during the early 1990s, after he moved his family to New York from Provo, Utah for a big job with Morgan Stanley. One day he found himself sitting on a bench, immobilized: he worried whether he... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

Emissions Targets? For Many Companies, None Re: Shirley Lu 25 Jan 2025 New York Times Financial Advice on Social Media Is Growing. And Risky. Re: Joseph Pacelli 20 Dec 2024 Daily Energy Insider Nearly Half... View Details

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Latin America - Global

an office in Mexico City. Locations Latin America Research Center: Montevideo Montevideo, Uruguay Latin America Research Center: Mexico City Mexico City, Mexico Latin America Research Center: São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil View Details

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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Corporation with a Soul. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921. American Iron and Steel Institute. The Men Who Make Steel. New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1936. American Iron and... View Details

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

the New York Times shows that the number two, the beta male who is theoretically the "nice guy" rather than the alpha male bully-ruler, has lower levels of disease-causing stress hormones—and also... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Journalism & News

June 2007 (Revised March 2011)
Case

The CW: Launching a Television Network

By: Anita Elberse and S. Mark Young

In May 2006, Dawn Ostroff, president of entertainment of the newly formed CW Television Network, was faced with the task of choosing the final set of programs for the 2006 fall schedule, which she would present to advertisers at the annual "upfront" market in New York... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Television Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Strategic Planning; Networks; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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Help - Alumni

self-identify as a CEO located in New York City . Again, click on the “View as Map” link to see your results, then zoom in to find alumni in, lower Manhattan versus Midtown. For more information and a video... View Details

22 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

largest consumer debt in the US, trailing only mortgage loans—and surpassing car loans, credit card debt, and home equity lines of credit. Source: New York Fed Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax Many people who... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million

than Uber, which ramped up its business incredibly fast. Having proven the original business model in San Francisco and New York City, Uber’s founders realized that in order to... View Details

Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira and Michael Blanding; Retail; Transportation; Accommodations

May 1994 (Revised August 1994)
Case

Motorola-Elma

By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan

Motorola's old automative electronics plant in Arcade, outside Buffalo, New York, faced the prospect of closure in the mid-1980s, but leading customers persuaded Motorola to give the plant a second chance. The new plant manager, Dennis Fiehn, recognized that existing... View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Exit or Shutdown; Customers; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Telecommunications Industry; New York (state, US)